Examples from literature

• Above all, they objected to the bookish education which she was giving to her son, the young King. 
• Bookish families are usually the happiest, at least if we rightly estimate the term. 
• He had, in truth, somewhat of a bookish look, and his rounded shoulders already told of much poring over a student's tasks. 
• He was probably the least bookish poet who had ever had a classical education. 
• No one was less bookish than himself.